One of the most disorganized professors I've ever had. You will actually need to read the textbook in order to pass. She lets you choose the structure of the classes but both structures are horrible. Her lectures don't make any sense and you definitely need to look for help from either TA's or youtube. Its only difficult because shes very confusing

Professor Benelli was nice but her class was really confusing. Her lectures were really off-topic and unclear but the section really helps as well as YouTube videos. Her class is pretty easy as it consists of homework, quizzes online and sometimes in class but it's hard to tell when they'll be in class. The final was a creative project or paper.

Yes shes caring and understanding, but I never knew what was going on in her class. She was really disorganized and made decisions about the class on the spot. My ta was basically teaching me everything bc she was unclear. She wont fail you tho so thats good!

Like most people said, shes understanding but very disorganized. Her lectures can be hard to follow, so its really best to read the textbook before going into lecture. As long as youre reading the quizzes are doable. I actually found the final project enjoyable.

She is a nice person, but way too unorganized. She grades so slow, and TA procrastinating too much. I havent get my final grade until one week after winter break starts. Idk what she is busy about.

This was a bad semester. she helped out with grades by extra credit and corrections on work. Good person and smart professor just a bad semester. Hopefully next semester will be better.

This semester was a mess, but she understood and felt bad and helped out many peoples grades. I think if you have her in the future you will be okay and to ignore these reviews, just make sure to be ready to read and study. I think she just had a hard time adjusting to being back in school like many students.

Very sweet and understanding!

seems like a very sweet person but was the most unclear professor Ive ever had. Never was clear on what material we should be learning, cancelled quizzes the day of almost every time, never answered emails, and didnt put any grades in the entire quarter. Would not recommend, but all that being said i think I got an A bc most quizzes were online

She is a terrible teacher. She is a very nice person however and seems like if she had her stuff together she could be a very enjoyable professor. But she can not teach, something happened during coronavirus to her and its obvious she has horrible disorganization issues, anxiety, and is all over the place constantly.

Never made grades available the entire semester so there was no way of knowing how you were doing in the class. Never replied to emails and was very unhelpful in answering questions. Her lectures would get off topic so you basically have to teach yourself the entire course. Said teaching was only worth it inperson but would cancel class once a week

she is a mess. I have never been a class so disorganized. if i knew the class would of been like this i would of done it online asynchronous, her lectures are her running off topic every time. if you want to learn you have to teach yourself, she canceled two classes in a row before our first exam, and 4 classes in a row before our second exam.

Her course is disorganized. But I do find she really tries to make it better and classes recently make lot more sense than before.

the most disorganized, all over the place professor i've ever had. she's nice as a person but cannot structure a class whatsoever. never even posted the full syllabus. wasn't clear about instructions/guidelines for final project. lecture videos too vague to understand concepts enough for quizzes. wouldn't post lectures/lessons on time. not worth it

Prof. Benelli is super sweet! She really understands that students are stressed bc of the pandemic, so she has a lot of acceptance with late work and extra credit, etc. However, she is also a bit disorganized and her lectures aren't very helpful, meaning that you kind of have to teach yourself from the textbook.

The class is pretty easy and the textbook she asks students to buy is not needed at all. Concepts are basic Economics that were taught in AP Micro/Macro. The downside is the Professor is VERY disorganized and unclear about her expectations. I know several peers who got high grades (As) on all assignments but ended the class with a B. Wack for sure

She can be disorganized, but nothing that's not unmanageable. Lectures could go on tangents but got the job done. I didn't get textbook but I was already familiar so w/ the subject. She was very accommodating for the perils of online school, which eased a lot of stress from the quarter. She's very sweet and cares about our success and well being.

Professor Benelli cares greatly about the well-being of her students and their ability to be successful. Her lectures, however, are often confusing even when the content isnt very hard. Quizzes also do not match lectures very well and are worded confusingly.

Cindy was fabulous. Even with covid Cindy was able to make herself available to all her students, and gave lectures to the same quality one would expect while attending in person classes. Cindy was also a caring human being who (unlike my other professors) understood the difficulty of learning online for most students. I am very grateful.

Professor Benelli is amazing. You can tell she's such a sweetheart. She is honestly one of the most kind and understanding professors I have had at UCSB. There is a lot of complaining about her class being difficult but you really just have to TRY and she will reward you for it. It is all about the effort. If you can take Econ 9 with Benelli do it!

Terribly organized, her lectures are all over the place. I would recommend just reading the textbook and ignoring her lectures entirely.

If you want to actually learn econ in an organized format, I would not recommend Benelli. You can tell she cares and wants to engage with students but she's having a hard time with teaching online... she often mentions that teaching remotely is more challenging than getting her PhD. Feel bad for her, but yeah her class is a struggle bus.

I honestly cant believe so many people didnt have a good experience with Benelli! I was skeptical taking the class because of her ratings, but I thought she was awesome & very nice. I didnt attend classes for about half the quarter, never went to a single section, barely studied, and got a B+. Cindy is very accommodating & wants to help you.

Benelli is a nice woman but she has zero organizational skills, making her class near impossible. Regardless of if you understand the material, she makes the quizzes so confusing and unorganized (I suspect she isn't writing the questions herself, so they don't match with what she is teaching) that its pretty difficult to do well on them.